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carina acutely rais^ed, clvpeu^ narrowly transverse, obscure fulvous, antennae extending 

 beyond the middle of tUe elytra, fulvous, the terminal joints slightly darker, the third 

 joint longer than the second, but slightly shorter than the fourth joint; thorax sub- 

 quadrate, the sides straight, the anterior angles oblique, the surface not perceptibly 

 ])Unctured, finely pubescent, dull blackish ; elytra of the same colour and sculpture; 

 legs fulvous, the posterior femora strongly iucrassate, their ai)ex black. 



Hab. Timor. 



This is the second species of the genus (described by me in the Annals of the 

 Genoa Musevm, 1892) ; it agrees entirely in structural characters, in the finely 

 pubescent upper surface, the want of anj- perceptible punctuation, and the closed 

 anterior coxal cavities ; from A. sericea the present species is at once distinguished by 

 its opaque nearly black colour of the upper surface. 



Podontia nigripes sp. no\ . 



Dark brown, antennae fulvous, the apical joints darker, thorax with a few i)unc- 

 tures, elytra strongly punctate-striate, the interstices convex, legs black, the base of 

 t he femora and the apex of the tibiae, fulvous. 



Length 4 to 5 lines. 



Of broad and parallel shape, chestnut brown, the head impunctate, the antennae 

 extending beyond the middle of the elytra, fulvous, the terminal three joints black 

 fourth joint slightly longer than the preceding one ; thorax twice as broad as long, 

 the sides straight at the base, rounded in front, the anterior and posterior margin> 

 with a perpendicular groove at the sides, those of the former extending nearly to the 

 middle, the others much shoi'ter, the rest of the surface nearly impunctate, with the 

 exception of a row of punctures placed at right angles at the anterior grooves and a 

 few other punctures near the base ; elytra deeply punctate-striate, the interstices 

 impunctate and convex, especially so at the sides ; legs robust, the apex of all the 

 femora and the base of the tibiae black; the last abdominal segment of the riiale 

 incised at each side, the median lobe subquadrate, its apex truncate. 



Hab. Tenimber ; June, July, 1892. 



This species resembles P. flava Baly and P. lutea Oliv., but differs from either in 

 the colour of the legs and the strongly convex elytral interstices ; the thorax in P. fiavo 

 is impunctate and differently sculptured ; the legs in the present insect are short and 

 robust, and the posterior femora of ovate and incrassate shape. There are ten specimens 

 before me all agreeing with each other. 



Lypnea(?) nigra sp. nov. 



Ublong-ovate, black, shining, base of the antennae fulvous, thorax subquadrate, 

 punctured at the base only with a lateral obsolete depression or transverse groove, 

 elytra regularly punctate-striate. 



Length J line. 



Similarly shaped to a species of Aphthona, the head impunctate, the frontal 

 elevations narrowly transverse, clypeus margined with testaceous, antennae extending 

 beyond the middle of the elytra, black, the lower four joints testaceous, third joint 

 slightly smaller than the second and much thinner, following joints but little in- 

 creasing in length, the terminal ones thickened ; thorax one half broader than long, 

 transversely convex, black, shining, the sides straight, slightly widened toward- the 



